Years ago in my early twenties I was working as a security guard in a high rise office building/hotel in South Miami, not far from the University of Miami. We had a guy jump from the roof and commit suicide. I was actually working in the garage area when he jumped. I made the mistake of going up on the second level of the parking garage to take a look at the body down on the street. Somehow I made the mistake of thinking that I was really high up and that I would barely be able to see the body. When I figured out my mistake it was too late. I was looking down from a distance of about less than two stories. I’ve never seen a body look like that up close. The only thing I remember was that the guy was wearing pants and no shirt and his eyes were wide open and it looked like he was looking directly at me, it scared me to no end. The mental pain and anguish that pushes a person to suicide is something that I will never understand.
I also learned a lot after a family suicide. And then a 7-point Richter scale shock out of the blue caused an experience I hadn’t had before…it lasted just a few weeks. So now I understand something more about people who suffer. And I think if the mental issue is not physiological in some way, that one of the key triggers is Betrayal of some kind. Maybe our mind cannot envisage something like that ever happening and so part of the process is having the courage to face reality.
THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL 6/7/18 Giuliani speaks, causes Trouble for Trump
Rudy Giuliani made off-the-cuff remarks about North Korea that the Secretary of State had to rebuff. Giuliani also made claims about Melania Trump and Stormy Daniels that the First Lady’s spokesperson had to shoot down. Lawrence asks, how much longer can Giuliani continue to damage the Trump admin?
Rachel Maddow looks at what has become a pattern of panic by Donald Trump affiliates and associates when questions from or about the Trump Russia investigation send them hiding, denying, or shutting down operations.
G7: Trump is asking for “Russia be allowed back in”. Is he there mostly to plead Putin’s case?
Putin says the two talk ‘regularly’ by phone. Trump plans to “skip out on G-7 meetings about climate change, clean energy and ocean protection”. So now America aka the “Hardest working nation in the Richest country in the world’ (that doesn’t receive even the most basic benefits enjoyed by European nations) is to be represented by this traitorous conman. “Disrupting Europe’s social market economy model is the plutocrat party’s real target and any means will do. To protect their core clientele, they must make sure that the economic feudalism that still pervades the United States doesn’t just continue, but is preferably still expanding.” (Richter/Bott, Globalist)
Am seeing that the global Con Architects are after changing ALL the rules that we live by – they aren’t just tinkering about the
U.S. edges. Upending ALL the rules for maximum disorientation. Putin and his buddies Trump/KOCH must be stopped pronto.
Christina Wilkie, White House reporter for CNBC, talks with Rachel Maddow about the peculiar behavior of John Fotiadis, Donald Trump’s favorite architect, who appeared to take drastic steps to reduce his public profile just as Wilkie asked him about his work with Donald Trump.
Senator Ron Wyden talks with Rachel Maddow about requests for information that the Trump administration has not produced and why he thinks they’re resisting.
As my daughter would say: “Is anyone surprised?” djt can only tweet, he cannot deal face to face unless the other person fawns all over him. He obviously is not going to be the star of this summit, he can’t stand it, so he wimps out on meeting the President of France. He stupidly thought he had Macron in his pocket…..sorry Donny…..everyone outside the U.S. is on to you, and will not bow to you. You big wimp.
Thanks so much for this post, Nerdy darlin’. First person I thought of when I heard about Anthony Bourdain was his close friend, Chef Eric Ripert, who found him. Second person was President Obama!
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM
My son was a self-taught-gourmet-chef-of-a-sort, and once – about 10 years ago – when Anthony Bourdain was giving a lecture nearby when we lived in Florida, I asked if he wanted me to buy him tickets to attend. He said, “No. He’s not going to cook. What’s he going to do … talk about cooking? No. I’d rather just go have a beer with him!”
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM
It’s time for Corker and Flake to put their votes where their mouths are. Talking the talk without walking the walk is no way to help the country, much less earn a profile in courage.
The Plutocrat Party (globally) doesn’t want Europe to be seen as economically successful while also extending 21st century benefits
to its citizens. The idea is to spread U.S. feudalism as much as possible and create E.U. failure. This goes with Putin’s undermining of
democracy and democratic nations. IMO when we recognize the global plutocrat super-objectives we can and will act without fear.
June 8, 1968, three days after Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, his body was carried by a funeral train from NYC to D.C. for burial at Arlington Cemetery. Today, we honor his lifelong commitment to civil rights by advancing and protecting the rights of all Americans. pic.twitter.com/kgNsRSM06H
Today, I think, is a moment to listen to those who have experienced suicidal thoughts so that we can all better understand what they found most helpful in navigating that time in their lives, rather than imposing upon people a single notion of what “getting help” looks like.
BTW, Putin doesnt want to rejoin the G-7. He's trying to destroy Western clubs, not join them. So Trump's overture looks all the more ridiculous — both weak and ill-informed.
According to my reporting, the expulsion from the G8 upset Vladimir Putin more than economic sanctions. My question is: if you're a master deal-maker, why do you give someone who sees the world in stark, zero-sum terms the thing he wants most without getting anything in return?
… What leaders say matters, and what presidents say matters, Biden said, discussing his reaction to the president’s remarks on the Charlottesville rally.
One thing that has changed since Russia illegally invaded Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea is the following: Russia helped @realDonaldTrump win the electoral college. https://t.co/prbFdTZMJ4
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Even if we ignored Russia's bad behavior, it doesn't deserve to be in the G-7 because it's not even a top ten economy. Both Brazil & India have far larger economies.
Why didn't you invite them? Is it because they didn't help you win the Electoral College? https://t.co/O2XjHOFD8C
If Muhammad Ali had dodged the draft with multiple phony claims of having bone spurs and then showed no evidence of actually having any health concerns during the next several decades, then maybe he would need a pardon…but that is the difference between a Champ and a chump. https://t.co/uNjLgnb8mL
Unfortunately, Ruben Gallego isn’t my Rep…but I’m glad he is speaking out on this. How the hell does Pruitt still have a job? Paid for with OUR tax money? Oh! Because the grifter thinks he doing a FINE job!
6. The Lotion 5. First-Class Travel 4. $43K Phone Booth 3. Unsanctioned raises for his loyalists 2. Sweetheart condo deal from lobbyist 1. Chick-fil-A CEO ask for his wife pic.twitter.com/6DJua0ZTeH
Muhammad Ali doesn't need a pardon. His conviction for refusing to serve in Vietnam on religious/political grounds was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1971. How about working on being humane to the living rather than trying to exploit the legacy of the dead?
I bow to this response, with respect! Especially since Mr. Ali is in my collective heart, more so when I had the pleasure of chatting w/ him years ago (when his illness was manifesting). He was a gent, great humor, real & a warm being. That said, eff off iQ45, go down on yr own, take your ilk too.
Republicans admit real purpose of citizenship question on 2020 census: to deny immigrant communities fair representation & massively shift political power to GOP https://t.co/Tovw0TxFQn
For the first time, Germany is crafting an “America strategy” the way it has a “Russia strategy.” @sbg1 on the schism between Trump and America’s traditional allies. https://t.co/Pn5TcDb1A5
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM
Dear @realDonaldTrump: The indictment by American prosecutors of Konstantin Kilimnik, who is tied to Russian intelligence, confirms again that Russia is not our ally and Putin is not your friend.
I think Rachel Maddow explained it perfectly, with Mueller indicting Russians along with Americans in the same indictment filing. Trump at some point has to pardon a Russian or two. And what will our citizens say about their President pardoning a Russian that tried to interfere an American election?
I am looking forward to debating/discussing “credibility” and our case with @Scaramucci and @StephenAtHome on the @colbertlateshow next Wed. Zero interest in my own show but happy to climb in the cage with staunch supporters of Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani. #Basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 8, 2018
At the request of the Department of State, a team from the US Department of Homeland Security, observed by the PA National Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element, this week conducted an in-depth vulnerability assessment of the commonwealth’s cybersecurity measures. pic.twitter.com/ZlgHngEh6I
— PA Department of State (@PAStateDept) June 8, 2018
So, when do ALL our Former Presidents, VPs, etc., call it what it has obviously been (since July, 2016, for those of us paying attention) — FUCKING TREASON?
In my years as an FBI agent, I never encountered an innocent subject who actively worked to obstruct an investigation that would have proved their innocence.
And, the most prominent American, who continues to conspire with Putin against America, is currently trespassing in the @WhiteHouse (aka @realDonaldTrump).
To understand how a Russian pawn came to work for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, you have to travel back to the post-Soviet era of 1995. @FranklinFoer reports on the man Robert Mueller calls ‘Person A’: https://t.co/LHx5WYXKe0
Today’s superseding indictment alleging Konstantin Kilimnik worked with Paul Manafort to obstruct justice not only deepens Manafort’s legal peril, it shows that Trump’s former campaign chair worked with a Russian with reported ties to Russian intelligence to subvert U.S. law.
Mueller just dropped some more white-hot indictments on Paulie Manafort and his Russian Intel co-conspirator. Don't it make you feel good inside to see justice steadily closin' in on the Trump criminal enterprise?
Sigh. GOPs may pass laws or speak as if they mean to do something positive but the follow-up so often (always) is weak.
Florida didn't conduct national gun background checks for more than 200,000 concealed-carry purchases, over more than a year, because an employee couldn't log in to the system, and nobody followed up. https://t.co/yq71Hqn5OR
My experience has been that trust is so easily broken, yet requires lots of time and effort to repair. I wonder how long after the Orange Idiot’s reign before the US will recover its former position? I wonder if it ever will.
//….
For close to a year and a half, Trudeau and his counterparts have employed various strategies to try to head off conflict with the volatile American President, from flattery to stonewalling to hours of schmoozing on the golf course. But in recent weeks Trump has confounded their efforts, unleashing a tit-for-tat trade war with allies, blowing up the Iran nuclear deal over European objections, and walking away from a deal with Canada and Mexico to overhaul nafta, all while lavishing praise on the North Korean dictator with whom he hopes to reach an accord next week. Adding insult to injury, Trump even cited an obscure national-security provision to justify the tariffs, as if America’s closest friends had suddenly become its biggest enemies. As a result, the G-7 meeting that Trudeau will host on Friday and Saturday was shaping up to be the most contentious, and possibly the most consequential, since the summits began, in 1975.
… //
“We were very emotional because our relationship with America is so emotional, it’s more of a son-father relationship, and we didn’t recognize our father anymore and realized he might beat us.” Good read on how bad European U.S. allies think things are: https://t.co/kaEdeskIRH
Hello, JO’B. I’ve been trying not to, but in truth it’s hard to see (from an outside view) all that he’s consistently dismantling without ANYTHING practical being down to slow him down. Especially when I think that PBO and his Admin had to work so hard for each step. Sigh.
ps: I noticed (yesterday, I think) that you are planning to take my young Florida ‘boyfriend’ on a tour. nudge-nudge; wink-wink 😀 😀
First, we have the same view – inside and outside! I’m just trying to cling to hope!
Second, he’s planning on my taking him on a tour – Ha!!!!!!!!!! I was just planning on taking him out to lunch when I get back to Florida! But I’ll tell him he has a “girlfriend” he doesn’t even know. He’ll probably just smile that dazzling smile 🙂 🙂 🙂
😀 You could always fly him on a quick lunch date to Toronto – aren’t (great) grandmas *supposed* to do stuff like this – which is not too far from Florida after all. 😉
True, but even with ‘their hair on’ [made me grin a little] some of what he’s messing with (eg. TPP, Climate Accord, NAFTA) can’t be fixed right away once he’s removed. Ah well, I’ve placed my high hopes in Mr. Mueller.
So terribly terribly saddened by the news of Anthony Bourdain's death. I think few people fully understood what he's shows in Palestine, Iran etc did for the people of this region by showing the world the human side of these beautiful cultures. pic.twitter.com/aw99WCR1m7
Could not agree with you more, Jacqueline. I really, really liked him. Just broke my heart when I heard the news.
For those of us who cherish the value of every person’s life, the endless extraordinary cruelty of some humans toward each other and other species, overwhelms our souls.
Anthony must have been crushed by horrors in Syria, Crimea, Yemen, Palestine and so many other places he not only visited but became deeply attached to those living there.
Unfortunately, he had no one to hold him and give him the opportunity to weep and find solace. What he didn’t realize is that if he had asked literally MILLIONS of us would have been at his side, immediately.
He wouldn’t even endorse his own son who’s running for something … probably afraid he’d win his election unlike him … that pretty much shows his character, as if we needed any further proof!
The Obama Diary 
Yes. ♥️
Years ago in my early twenties I was working as a security guard in a high rise office building/hotel in South Miami, not far from the University of Miami. We had a guy jump from the roof and commit suicide. I was actually working in the garage area when he jumped. I made the mistake of going up on the second level of the parking garage to take a look at the body down on the street. Somehow I made the mistake of thinking that I was really high up and that I would barely be able to see the body. When I figured out my mistake it was too late. I was looking down from a distance of about less than two stories. I’ve never seen a body look like that up close. The only thing I remember was that the guy was wearing pants and no shirt and his eyes were wide open and it looked like he was looking directly at me, it scared me to no end. The mental pain and anguish that pushes a person to suicide is something that I will never understand.
I also learned a lot after a family suicide. And then a 7-point Richter scale shock out of the blue caused an experience I hadn’t had before…it lasted just a few weeks. So now I understand something more about people who suffer. And I think if the mental issue is not physiological in some way, that one of the key triggers is Betrayal of some kind. Maybe our mind cannot envisage something like that ever happening and so part of the process is having the courage to face reality.
Jesus. What a horrible encounter with death.
LarryO was blistering on Rudy.
THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL 6/7/18
Giuliani speaks, causes Trouble for Trump
Rudy Giuliani made off-the-cuff remarks about North Korea that the Secretary of State had to rebuff. Giuliani also made claims about Melania Trump and Stormy Daniels that the First Lady’s spokesperson had to shoot down. Lawrence asks, how much longer can Giuliani continue to damage the Trump admin?
Light of Russia investigation sends Trump affiliates scattering
Rachel Maddow looks at what has become a pattern of panic by Donald Trump affiliates and associates when questions from or about the Trump Russia investigation send them hiding, denying, or shutting down operations.
Will miss you, Anthony Bourdain.
https://blogsofwar.com/anthony-bourdain-talks-travel-food-and-war/
G7: Trump is asking for “Russia be allowed back in”. Is he there mostly to plead Putin’s case?
Putin says the two talk ‘regularly’ by phone. Trump plans to “skip out on G-7 meetings about climate change, clean energy and ocean protection”. So now America aka the “Hardest working nation in the Richest country in the world’ (that doesn’t receive even the most basic benefits enjoyed by European nations) is to be represented by this traitorous conman. “Disrupting Europe’s social market economy model is the plutocrat party’s real target and any means will do. To protect their core clientele, they must make sure that the economic feudalism that still pervades the United States doesn’t just continue, but is preferably still expanding.” (Richter/Bott, Globalist)
Am seeing that the global Con Architects are after changing ALL the rules that we live by – they aren’t just tinkering about the
U.S. edges. Upending ALL the rules for maximum disorientation. Putin and his buddies Trump/KOCH must be stopped pronto.
And Bannon should know we ain’t forgotten him and his Fourth Turning.
IMO the plan is to throw out everything we have known heretofore.
Key architect in Trump deals takes pains to lower profile
Christina Wilkie, White House reporter for CNBC, talks with Rachel Maddow about the peculiar behavior of John Fotiadis, Donald Trump’s favorite architect, who appeared to take drastic steps to reduce his public profile just as Wilkie asked him about his work with Donald Trump.
Wyden blocks Trump nominee over administration stonewalling
Senator Ron Wyden talks with Rachel Maddow about requests for information that the Trump administration has not produced and why he thinks they’re resisting.
As my daughter would say: “Is anyone surprised?” djt can only tweet, he cannot deal face to face unless the other person fawns all over him. He obviously is not going to be the star of this summit, he can’t stand it, so he wimps out on meeting the President of France. He stupidly thought he had Macron in his pocket…..sorry Donny…..everyone outside the U.S. is on to you, and will not bow to you. You big wimp.
Take him down, carolyn! 🙂
Thanks so much for this post, Nerdy darlin’. First person I thought of when I heard about Anthony Bourdain was his close friend, Chef Eric Ripert, who found him. Second person was President Obama!
Such a tragedy and a loss.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN LIKED BRINGING ‘GOOD FRIEND’ CHEF ERIC RIPERT SOMEWHERE ‘EVERY YEAR’
http://www.newsweek.com/eric-ripert-anthony-bourdain-friend-chef-french-dead-parts-unknown-966701
My son was a self-taught-gourmet-chef-of-a-sort, and once – about 10 years ago – when Anthony Bourdain was giving a lecture nearby when we lived in Florida, I asked if he wanted me to buy him tickets to attend. He said, “No. He’s not going to cook. What’s he going to do … talk about cooking? No. I’d rather just go have a beer with him!”
Sorry, Booms:) We were on the same page.
Thought perhaps we would be! 🙂
You would be correct! 🙂
Thank you, 44 😦
The Plutocrat Party (globally) doesn’t want Europe to be seen as economically successful while also extending 21st century benefits
to its citizens. The idea is to spread U.S. feudalism as much as possible and create E.U. failure. This goes with Putin’s undermining of
democracy and democratic nations. IMO when we recognize the global plutocrat super-objectives we can and will act without fear.
This! And made me want to travel too! Just gutted by his passing..
Krauthammer’s cancer has come back. He has a few weeks.
THIS!
YES!
Looks like money laundering, smells like money laundering, IT’S MONEY LAUNDERING!!
… What leaders say matters, and what presidents say matters, Biden said, discussing his reaction to the president’s remarks on the Charlottesville rally.
“When you saw people literally coming out of fields with torches lighted, walking down the streets of a historic city in America … and the president making a moral equivalency? It is extremely dangerous,” Biden said. “And silence is complicity.” …
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/06/07/joe-biden-louisville-visit-book-kentucky-center-arts/678854002/
WOW! So the world’s leaders don’t even care if Trump is at the table or not.
Since Trump won’t understand anything anyway, or only cares about himself, it would be a waste of time for the world leaders.
Utter contempt is what Trump is being shown.
Ted is on a roll ….
Can we please clone Ted Lieu? We need a country full of hims
Unfortunately, Ruben Gallego isn’t my Rep…but I’m glad he is speaking out on this. How the hell does Pruitt still have a job? Paid for with OUR tax money? Oh! Because the grifter thinks he doing a FINE job!
I bow to this response, with respect! Especially since Mr. Ali is in my collective heart, more so when I had the pleasure of chatting w/ him years ago (when his illness was manifesting). He was a gent, great humor, real & a warm being. That said, eff off iQ45, go down on yr own, take your ilk too.
As they SHOULD.
It’s beyond shame on US. And very horrifying to even attempt to watch that nincompoop.
2018. Where we are.
wow….
It brings me to tears how much…our President was respected and adored…so look forward to reading book when it is published…
Contrast this with that thing in there now. It sickens me. We were revered around the world (under PBO) and now we are looked on with disdain.
Kto znal? on super secret mission to bring down legit leaders…needs Melania for translating the Russian now.
I miss Barack.
So today Mueller indicts Manafort (again) and some other guy.
I think Rachel Maddow explained it perfectly, with Mueller indicting Russians along with Americans in the same indictment filing. Trump at some point has to pardon a Russian or two. And what will our citizens say about their President pardoning a Russian that tried to interfere an American election?
THANK YOU, Mr. Mueller.
Jail for him cannot come soon enough
Won’t surprise me if Scar cancels …
Bobf you beat me to the punch, I was just about to post what you wrote.
🙂
😀
😀
Maybe Trump can also pardon the outlaw Josey Wales.
Correct. Pin this.
Great thread:
How far we’ve fallen.
Well, YUP ….
But he’ll get the ‘new’ job, right?
Sigh. GOPs may pass laws or speak as if they mean to do something positive but the follow-up so often (always) is weak.
My experience has been that trust is so easily broken, yet requires lots of time and effort to repair. I wonder how long after the Orange Idiot’s reign before the US will recover its former position? I wonder if it ever will.
//….
For close to a year and a half, Trudeau and his counterparts have employed various strategies to try to head off conflict with the volatile American President, from flattery to stonewalling to hours of schmoozing on the golf course. But in recent weeks Trump has confounded their efforts, unleashing a tit-for-tat trade war with allies, blowing up the Iran nuclear deal over European objections, and walking away from a deal with Canada and Mexico to overhaul nafta, all while lavishing praise on the North Korean dictator with whom he hopes to reach an accord next week. Adding insult to injury, Trump even cited an obscure national-security provision to justify the tariffs, as if America’s closest friends had suddenly become its biggest enemies. As a result, the G-7 meeting that Trudeau will host on Friday and Saturday was shaping up to be the most contentious, and possibly the most consequential, since the summits began, in 1975.
… //
Hi, VC – I’d “bet” on seeing that glass half full! Don’t give up hope.
Hello, JO’B. I’ve been trying not to, but in truth it’s hard to see (from an outside view) all that he’s consistently dismantling without ANYTHING practical being down to slow him down. Especially when I think that PBO and his Admin had to work so hard for each step. Sigh.
ps: I noticed (yesterday, I think) that you are planning to take my young Florida ‘boyfriend’ on a tour. nudge-nudge; wink-wink 😀 😀
First, we have the same view – inside and outside! I’m just trying to cling to hope!
Second, he’s planning on my taking him on a tour – Ha!!!!!!!!!! I was just planning on taking him out to lunch when I get back to Florida! But I’ll tell him he has a “girlfriend” he doesn’t even know. He’ll probably just smile that dazzling smile 🙂 🙂 🙂
😀 You could always fly him on a quick lunch date to Toronto – aren’t (great) grandmas *supposed* to do stuff like this – which is not too far from Florida after all. 😉
guessing the Euro crew will keep their hair on. he is utterly transparent on so many levels.
True, but even with ‘their hair on’ [made me grin a little] some of what he’s messing with (eg. TPP, Climate Accord, NAFTA) can’t be fixed right away once he’s removed. Ah well, I’ve placed my high hopes in Mr. Mueller.
Hey vc, know what you mean. But isn’t this about a strategy created to get a reaction? We can see that. How long will this guy last? not forever.
This is touching ~ from Rita Wilson, who’s married to Tom Hanks.
yup ….
We will never understand this type of tragedy, but I know one thing: he will be missed!
Could not agree with you more, Jacqueline. I really, really liked him. Just broke my heart when I heard the news.
For those of us who cherish the value of every person’s life, the endless extraordinary cruelty of some humans toward each other and other species, overwhelms our souls.
Anthony must have been crushed by horrors in Syria, Crimea, Yemen, Palestine and so many other places he not only visited but became deeply attached to those living there.
Unfortunately, he had no one to hold him and give him the opportunity to weep and find solace. What he didn’t realize is that if he had asked literally MILLIONS of us would have been at his side, immediately.
So touching, Bob. Thank you for sharing that. I’d be one of the ones holding him tightly, too. Among the MILLIONS!
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Love this one from him: “If you even dream of beating me you better wake up and apologize”.
I hope to God this is true and that it’s held to the strictest interpretation.
I, too, am totally thrilled by this. Thrilled!
I mean, FINALLY. What happened in 2016 was a TRAVESTY. So sick of this freeloader!!
He wouldn’t even endorse his own son who’s running for something … probably afraid he’d win his election unlike him … that pretty much shows his character, as if we needed any further proof!
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What a great thread! Love it.
It was wonderful!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/06/08/less-afraid-of-the-unknown/